Ashland Craft’s “Momma Don’t Pray Like She Used To” already carried real emotional weight when it appeared on her 2025 album ‘Dive Bar Beauty Queen.’ The new duet version featuring Chase Rice takes it somewhere deeper. Paired with Rice’s rugged delivery alongside Craft’s raw, lived-in vocals, the reimagined track becomes a shared reflection on change, gratitude, and the roads that shape us, with an accompanying music video directed by Quinton Cook now available following its exclusive premiere with People.
The pairing makes complete sense once you hear it. Both Craft and Rice come from Carolina upbringings, both have built careers on honest, road-worn storytelling, and both bring personal truth to a song that was already universal in its themes. “Momma Don’t Pray Like She Used To is a universal anthem for all of us growing up and figuring out life,” Craft explains. “With both of us having Carolina upbringings, it felt like the perfect fit.” Rice is equally direct: “This song is her story, but it’s mine too. I know my mom did more than her fair share of praying raising 3 boys.”
Craft has been one of country music’s most compelling voices since her acclaimed 2021 debut ‘Travelin’ Kind,’ a CMT Next Women of Country honoree whose ‘Dive Bar Beauty Queen’ features current radio single “Kick Rocks Cowboy.” She’s shared stages with Zac Brown Band, Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen, Brothers Osborne, and Marcus King, and her fearless, soul-bearing approach to storytelling has drawn comparisons to Chris Stapleton and Bonnie Raitt. American Songwriter put it plainly: “there’s a new country badass in town, and her name is Ashland Craft.”
Rice brings his own formidable resume to the track. A 10x Platinum artist with 2 number 1s at Country Radio, over 3 billion streams, and Diamond certified songwriter credits on “Cruise,” he’s shared stadium billing with Garth Brooks and Kenny Chesney. His most recent album ‘ELDORA,’ written in Colorado and inspired by a hidden mountainside town, signals an artist fully committed to his own creative terms. Together, Craft and Rice deliver a duet that honors the song’s origins while expanding its reach considerably.